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ensure clients can keep up with the
rapidly evolving threat landscape.
Infrastructure will become
programmable from end to end.
Companies will start subscribing to
multiple cloud platforms and increasing
their use of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS).
End-to-end programmability means
organisations will be able to quickly
adapt to changing business landscapes
and demand more from their applications
and data.
Applications will become more
intelligent and customised. In the
coming year, we’ll see applications
gathering input from users and making
changes to their own functionality to
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improve the user experience. Artificial
Intelligence and Machine Learning
will play a significant role in helping
employees work more productively.
The value of data will become the centre
of the value universe. In the coming
period, the focus will increasingly shift to
the true value of data, driving a renewed
quest to embed telemetry, collect and
enrich data. It is data that will form
the core of true Digital Transformation
and become the source of new revenue
streams that will surpass traditional
revenue streams. This will lead to a
change in information architectures, with
the need to establish rich data starting to
drive IT investments.
Paul Potgieter, Managing Director –
UAE, Dimension Data, added: “Across the
GCC and Middle East, Blockchain, Artificial
Intelligence, robotics, Big Data, analytics and
cloud are becoming increasingly connected
with Digital Transformation initiatives.
“Whether it is government, public
sector or the private sector, enterprises
are initiating projects that have longer
term implications in terms of transitioning
to new business models and innovative
customer experiences.
“Regional enterprises have begun to
realise that true return on investments
can be realised by blending transformative
technologies based on creating new business
models and adding net new customers. The
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